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[Lunarorbit]

Not yet. I played mgs3 a couple months ago and my controller was fine. It's the only one I've ever had too but I've had excellent luck with hardware not breaking

 

[Pelao]

Luckily, my fat PS3 from 2009 and the two controllers I've had for 15 years are still working, at least as of last week, when I was replaying some stuff.
The batteries don't last as long as they used to, but I can still get three to five hours of game time out of each controller.

 

[Kerotan]

My PS3 died after the ps4 launched so I bought a new cheap super slim probably in like 2016. I'd only use it maybe for 1 game every 3 months on average since then and I've just the one controller.

It always lasts the full day and hasn't deteriorated.

I still have jak 3, God of war 3, GTA IV, hogs of war, ratchet 1-3 and a few PS2 classics to play so that'll be another few years worth at the rate I play it. Hopefully no issues occur!

 

[dave_d]

My Dual Shock/Sixaxis controllers seem to fully lose their charge quickly when not being used. I last played my PS3 till the last firmware update (in February) and I went to play yesterday and all 6 batteries were discharged...

After less than 6 months all 6 batteries had completely lost a charge. In normal use they usually last 20+ hours I think, but when they are not used, they appear to lose their charge quickly...

Same here. I ended up buying a new replacement battery which I think had connectivity issues. (It would work when I had the controller open but once it was closed wouldn't work.) I ended up just putting the old battery back in and just plugging the controller into my PS3 with a USB cable. (Yeah, clunky solution.)

 

[ShadyAcshuns]

I still have three of them that work perfectly.

 

[Stratostar]

I recently dug out an old ass DS3 from 2009 (came with my PS3 slim 120gb) from storage, haven't used or charged it in years. I was expecting the battery to be shot but I fully charged it and the battery life has been holding up exceedingly well.

 

[ShirAhava]

Anyone knows if this thing works in recovery menu?

I'm 99% sure you need an official Dualshock 3 and it has to be plugged in as well dealing with recovery/system restory/fw updates thats the protocol it sucks

 

[Shake Your Rump]

My controllers that I have been using for eight years are fine. I bought a sealed controller from 2007 and the battery is completely dead. I bought a replacement battery, but haven't actually done the swap yet.